tteerts said:
Apple might wish they were still getting their processors from IBM or Motorola... at least back in those days they could point the finger at someone else when it took forever between updates. Hopefully Intel isn't giving them more than they can handle.
jaigo said:
I doubt that we will get anything until about after thanksgiving. Apple sucks ass.
How is this "forever" between updates? I don't get it. The damn chips haven't been available but a couple weeks, and supplies of the top of their line limited still. Why does Apple "suck ass"? Because you bought off on a rumor, and got into all the hype of something that
might happen? Wah. Let's shed a tear.
Others have "announced" they have them [C2D], and what they plan to do with them, but are they shipping them? No, in most cases. In another couple of weeks the answer will be different, as the new ones start to ship. Just because you can configure it on their site doesn't mean anything. When does it ship?
Apple has always had their game face set when they make announcements. They say, "Now shipping."
Meaning, go buy it and here it comes. Not, go buy it and it'll be a few weeks. It might take a day or two for the local Apple store to have them in, or they might be there already.
The point is, this isn't the longest wait in the world, and the world isn't about to end over a few days, weeks, or even three months of difference. Try YEARS, then come and complain.
In the real world, they need a steady enough supply of chips to meet the demand, and to have a product that works. Just because you've known about the chip, what it "does", etc., as public knowledge for 6 months, doesn't mean Apple is 6 months behind the curve. Just because other manufacturer's have told you what they plan to do with their stock of chips doesn't make apple behind the curve. If they had been shipping units for 8 - 12 weeks, and Apple still had nothing,
then you can say behind the curve. Or maybe when the rest of the world is shipping processors that are twice as fast, then you can say behind the curve.
Off by a couple of days, or even a couple of weeks? Give me a break. How many times has someone b****ed about something Apple "might be doing", just for the end result to blow up in their face while Apple shows their true innovation? Thread 500, anyone?
Like it or not, Apple's are a targeted product still. While they are reaching out to embrace the entire market more openly, they're still getting there. So if you're mad a Apple because they haven't told you what they "plan" to do, have they ever really operated like that? "Yeah, we're going to take this PowerMac in about 8 weeks and drop in these..." Nope, not really. Now for the OS, that's a different ball game all together. We're talking the machine, not the software.
Wow. Was that all bottled up or what?
